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  • Xerox Names Joseph Echevarria, Cheryl Krongard to Board; Ursula Burns Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Xerox Names Joseph Echevarria, Cheryl Krongard to Board; Ursula Burns Comments

    Former Deloitte CEO Joseph Echevarria and Cheryl Krongard, a former senior partner at Apollo Management, have joined Xerox’s board of directors. The appointments will take effect Jan. 1 and bring the total number of the company’s board members to 11, Xerox said Monday. “Xerox will greatly benefit from Joe’s knowledge of international business and professional […] More

  • Intel Supports Obama Administration-Introduced Computer Science Education Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel Supports Obama Administration-Introduced Computer Science Education Program

    Intel has made several investments in support of a computer science education program introduced by President Barack Obama dubbed Computer Science for All. The company said Monday it made the investments in support of Intel’s $300 million Diversity in Technology program that has committed to diversify the pool of available technical talent. The investments aim to establish a […] More

  • CACI to Support JIDO's Joint Force Intell Integration Mission; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI to Support JIDO’s Joint Force Intell Integration Mission; Ken Asbury Comments

    The General Services Administration has tasked CACI International to offer deployable intelligence integration, analytical and training services to the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization under a potential $1.8 billion task order awarded in late October. CACI said Monday the company will work to integrate systems, technologies and processes to help U.S. joint forces defeat adversarial networks globally as part of […] More

  • Independent Review Provides Recommendations for UK Naval Shipbuilding Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Independent Review Provides Recommendations for UK Naval Shipbuilding Growth

    The U.K. government has published an independent report by businessman and Anglo American Chair John Parker that provides recommendations to boost the country’s naval shipbuilding industry. Parker’s report includes a reappraisal of the U.K.’s shipbuilding efforts and will inform the country’s National Shipbuilding Strategy that will be released in 2017, the U.K. defense ministry said Tuesday. The […] More

  • Air Force Posts UH-1N Replacement Program Draft RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Posts UH-1N Replacement Program Draft RFP

    The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit comments on a draft request for proposals for a program that seeks to replace the service branch’s UH-1N Huey aircraft fleet with an off-the-shelf helicopter. Comments to the draft RFP for the UH-1N Replacement Program are due Dec. 16, according to a FedBizOpps notice published Friday. The military […] More

  • Raytheon, DARPA Partner to Build Power Grid Cybersecurity Tech; Jason Redi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, DARPA Partner to Build Power Grid Cybersecurity Tech; Jason Redi Comments

    Raytheon has secured $9 million in contracts to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop technologies that will work to secure the U.S. power grid system from cyber attacks. The company said Monday its BBN Technologies subsidiary will design the technologies to send alerts of an impending attack and detect spoofing attempts on grid data collection and communication systems as part of […] More

  • Purdue University Opens Global Security, Defense Innovation Institute; Mitch Daniels Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Purdue University Opens Global Security, Defense Innovation Institute; Mitch Daniels Comments

    Purdue University has launched a new hub for global security and defense innovation at the university’s Discovery Park during a symposium on global defense issues. Dan DeLaurentis, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Purdue and a President’s Fellow for defense initiatives, will serve as the interim director of the Institute for Global Security and Defense […] More

  • Lockheed Breaks Ground on Minuteman III ICBM Replacement Program Mgmt Facility in Utah - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Breaks Ground on Minuteman III ICBM Replacement Program Mgmt Facility in Utah

    Lockheed Martin has kicked off construction of a program management facility at  the Falcon Hill National Aerospace Research Park in Utah to support the U.S. Air Force‘s project to develop a follow-on intercontinental ballistic missile system. Lockheed said Friday it will move into the company’s program management office at Falcon Hill by August 2017 as part of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent competition and seeks […] More

  • NOAA Taps McMurdo for Search & Rescue Ground Stations; Mark Cianciolo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Taps McMurdo for Search & Rescue Ground Stations; Mark Cianciolo Comments

    McMurdo has received a potential five-year, $6.67 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide fourth generation search-and-rescue ground stations for NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite program. The company said Monday it will build Low Earth Orbit/Medium Earth Orbit local user terminals to help search-and-rescue teams locate distressed individuals in expanded geographic regions such as the […] More

  • GSA Solicits Letters of Interest for Construction Mgmt Support for New FBI HQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Solicits Letters of Interest for Construction Mgmt Support for New FBI HQ

    The General Services Administration has asked potential vendors to submit letters of interest to provide construction management services for the new consolidated FBI headquarters in Washington. GSA said in a FedBizOpps presolicitation notice posted Thursday CM support for the bureau’s future 2.1 million-square-foot facility includes consulting and professional services, budget and finance, contracting documentation, design reviews, cost […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Unveils First Public Image From WorldView-4 Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DigitalGlobe Unveils First Public Image From WorldView-4 Satellite

    DigitalGlobe has unveiled the first public image from the Lockheed Martin-built WorldView-4 satellite that carries a Harris-made imaging payload. The image was taken on Nov. 26 and features the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo which will host Olympic events in 2020, DigitalGlobe said Friday. Lockheed’s commercial launch services segment provided a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to […] More